Pruning implement.



C. M. TAYLOR.

PRUNING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19. 1912.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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CHARLES 1H. TAYLOR, OF PARIS, KENTUCKY.

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3 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Oneness M. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in county of Bourbon and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pruning Implements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in pruning implements, and the object is to provide a head having a cutting blade so mounted thereon that the initial cut of the limb will be above the horizontal diameter of the limb and bv such an arran ement of arts tne aid of ravlt Y is obtained 1n the cutting operation.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter de-- scribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention; Fig. 2 is a view in elevation showing the blade in a position just after having made its initial cut: and Fig. 3 is a view in elevation similar to Fig. 2 showing the blade in a farther advanced position.

A, represents the head which is with a hook l.

curvature, which is carried on a line radial to a point oppositethe initial cutting operation.

The circular curvature of the extension 2, is indicated from a to b on the drawing, and it is upon this portion of the hook thatthe greatest resistance is brought to bear during the cuttin operation. r

A blade i8 is pivotally mounted on the head A, at a point above the curvature of the hook 1. The blade is eccentrically mounted on the head so that it produces a shearing cut during its movement across the opening formed by the hook and extension.

the extension 2 along the surface a to b.

Specification of Letters Patent.

provided The hook is provided with an extenslon 2, which has an inner clrcular Patented Aug. 17,1915.

7 Application filed November 19,1912. Serial No. 732,229.

This circular curved surface of the extension is suiiiciently extended toafiord complete resistance to any downward pressure or the blade durlng its cuttlng operation 'upon the limb, and especially is this true during the initial cutting operation. The blade comes in contact with the limb above the horizontal diameter of the limb, and the tendency would be for the limb to be forced fromthe hook, but by providing the extension with a curved surface, the curved surface will hold the limb and sure exerted upon the limb cutting. The object in having the blade out from above the horizontal diameter of the object being cut, is to overcome the usual receive the presupward pressure exerted on the blade during the cutting operation. With this device the blade is being pulled or drawn downwardly, and as it is eccentrically pivoted to the head A, it will produce a cross-fiber cut, and a gravity cut is obtained rather than upward pressure cut.

Having fully described the invention, and what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A pruning implement comprising a hook having its opening from below, a portion of the curvature of the interior of the hook being more pronounced than the remaining portion for forming a projection to engage a branch during the cutting operation, and a blade pivoted at a point above the inner upper surface of the opening of the hook, said blade having a cutting edge eccentric to the pivot, which cutting edge traverses the upper portion of the inner curvature of the hook, first with an endwise slicing cut at a point upon the limb above the horizontal axis approximately diametrically opposite to the curvature of resistance, so that the out is facilitated both by the endwise slicing of the knife and by the weight of the limb. t 2. A pruning implement, comprising a hook having the opening from below, and the curvature of the book being more pronounced at the free end thereof, and a blade eccentrically pivoted to the top of the hook at a point in a line substantially at right angles to the tangent to the pronounced curvature of the hook, so that the initial cut into the limb is at a point above the horizontal diameter of the limb, and the free end of the hook with the pronounced curvature having a portion thereof extending inby the blade in wardly for receiving the limb and resisting any downward pressure exerted by the blade during the cutting operation.

3. A pruning implement, comprising a hook having the opening from below, and the curvature of the hook being more pronounced at the free end thereof, and a pivoted blade having a curved cutting edge eccentric to the pivot ofthe blade for producing a; sliding cut, said blade being pivot I 7 ed to the topof. the hook above the opening of the hook at a point in a linesubstantially at right anglesto the tangent to the pronounced curvature of the hook, so that 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for the initial cut into the limb is at a point above the horizontal diameter of the limb,

erted by the blade during the cutting operation. p p I In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 1n the presence of'two wltnesses.

, CHARLES M. TAYLOR;

WVitnessesi E. T. HINToN, JAMEs B. DEMPSEY.

Washington, D. 0. 

